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6 jailed for credit scam
A group of six have been jailed for dishonestly for obtaining more than £500,000 worth of goods in a credit card scam.
The organised crime network responsible for the fraud, thought to have hit over 2,000 UK businesses, was sentenced at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court on 13th January.
Greater Manchester Police’s Fraud Investigation Team understands that losses could exceed £2 million.
Detective Sergeant, Phil Larratt, of GMP's Fraud Investigation Team, said the gang were involved in a concerted, full-time operation to defraud companies out of thousands of pounds worth of goods.
"It is clear from the sheer scale of the evidence we recovered that these men thought they had an unearthed a goldmine and had no intention of slowing down or stopping. I have no doubt they’d still be trying to con businesses out of thousands of pounds today had we not caught them.”
They used stolen and compromised credit cards from illegal internet forums to make these transactions.
The sentencings for each run as follows, with the below individuals pleading guilty to conspiracy to defraud:
Ammar Khalid, 27, of Elder Street, Rochdale, sentenced to four years imprisonment
Irfan Khan, 26, of King Street South, Rochdale, sentenced to three years, four months imprisonment
Ahmed Sohail Pasha, 27, of Milkstone Road, Rochdale, sentenced to three years, four months imprisonment
Shazad Arshad, 20, of Anne Linne Close, Rochdale, was sentenced to 18 months in a Young Offenders Institute
Hamza Mughal, 26, of Surma Close, Swiss Fake Rolex, Rochdale, was sentenced to two years imprisonment.
Faraz Malik, 28, of Bosworth Street, Rochdale, was sentenced to two years imprisonment.
In regards to admitting to the handling stolen goods:
Aqeel Malik, 28, of Bertha Road, Rochdale, was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment suspended for 12 months along with 200 hours of unpaid work and a nine month supervision order.
Mohammed Sohail Khan, 26, of Queens Road, Oldham, was sentenced to six months imprisonment suspended for 12 months, 200 hours unpaid work and a nine month supervision order.
Both, Usman Shafa and Christopher Goodhew will be sentenced on 2nd February for handling stolen rolex replica goods.
It wasn’t until weeks after the criminal activity that the companies actually realised they had been defrauded.
Detective Larratt described the gang's full-time occupation, he said: “The group operated as a business with a clear hierarchy and structure. Ammar Khalid, Irfan Khan and Ahmed Sohail Pasha directed operations from the comfort of their own homes, accessing the dark web and placing orders using the compromised card details.
"In times of austerity, these businesses lost tens of thousands of pounds replica rolex thanks to the underhand tactics of this gang and potentially could have faced financial ruin.”
He fears that other similar scams are being operated in Greater Manchester and across the country.
“I would urge anyone who thinks they may have fallen victim to contact Action Fraud (www.actionfraud.police.uk) Greater Manchester Police are determined to disrupt and prosecute the perpetrators of this type of serious and organised criminality. Anyone found guilty of committing these types of fraud, as this gang have found out to their cost, can expect a stint in prison."
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